Benedetti Plays Simpson

Thursday 21 March 2024, 7.30pm Royal Scottish National Orchestra

MARK SIMPSON Violin Concerto Scottish Premiere, RSNO Co-commission SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5

David Afkham conductor

Nicola Benedetti violin

Trumpets ring out, crowds cheer, and soldiers march. It’s all there in Shostakovich’s electrifying Fifth Symphony a work on which the composer’s very life depended. A resounding success from its first performance, it continues to thrill audiences today. All this and Nicola Benedetti too. Tonight, the nation’s favourite violinist has something brand new to share: a luscious, flamboyant concerto written specially for her by Liverpudlian composer Mark Simpson.

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